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88P/Howell

Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 23 08h35 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter3.40 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.371 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.745 AU
Right ascension343.70813 °
Declination-10.41931 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.04.23 13:32:16
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 04 23.35772 22 54 49.95 -10 25 09.5          14.1 N      W96
0088P         C2015 04 23.38016 22 54 54.11 -10 24 46.4          14.1 N      W96
Instrument400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Picture exposure details74x20s
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.8
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 Apr 23 15h34m45s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 23 19h26m25s

(Record n° 13749)

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